JP5760984B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a cash processing apparatus typified by a cash machine for a counter installed at a counter of a financial institution is used for depositing / withdrawing transactions of banknotes and coins, organizing counting, and the like. The staff can perform transactions such as deposit / withdrawal by performing various operations from the operation unit of the cash processing apparatus or the reception terminal (information processing apparatus) connected to the cash processing apparatus.

  Such a cash processing apparatus is disposed between two tellers (operators) and can deposit and withdraw banknotes and coins. The following Patent Document 1 discloses a circulation type money handling apparatus having a structure in which the arrangement of the banknote deposit port or the like is changed so that it can be easily operated from either of the left and right tellers when used between two tellers. Yes.

  Moreover, the structure of the cash processing apparatus mentioned above can be applied to the cash processing part of the automatic transaction apparatus represented by ATM (Automated teller machine) of a financial institution other than the cash processing machine for windows. In the following Patent Document 2, as the operation of the coin processing apparatus in the automatic transaction apparatus, the received coin is sent directly to the coin storage chute without being temporarily held in the temporary holding unit, and finally sent to the coin storage cassette. Is disclosed.

JP 2001-93022 A JP 2010-224738 A

  Even in the banknote handling apparatus that handles banknotes, the cash processing time can be shortened by transporting the banknotes as they are to the banknote storage cassette without temporarily holding them in the temporary storage section, as in the case of the direct coin deposit. .

  However, when returning the deposited banknotes to the customer, unlike the return of the deposited banknotes when the customer's banknotes are temporarily held in the temporary holding unit, direct depositing ensures that the actual banknotes deposited by the customer are sent to the customer. There was a problem that it was difficult to confirm whether or not it was returned.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is a new and improved method capable of confirming whether or not the actual deposited banknote has been returned. It is in providing the made banknote processing apparatus.

In order to solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, a deposit port, a bill recognition unit that recognizes unique information of a deposited bill conveyed from the deposit port, and a bill storage unit that accumulates the deposited bills When the receipt of the deposit bill is detected by controlling the conveyance of the deposit bill so that the deposit bill conveyed from the deposit port to the bill recognition unit is directly conveyed to the bill storage unit, A conveyance control unit that controls conveyance of the deposited banknote so that the deposited banknote is conveyed from the storage unit to the banknote recognition unit, and unique information that is recognized during the first conveyance from the deposit port to the banknote recognition unit. And a comparison unit that compares unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance from the bill storage unit to the bill recognition unit, and the conveyance control unit is configured to perform the second conveyance by the comparison unit. The recognized unique information is 1 further includes a temporary holding unit that controls the conveyance so as to discharge the deposited banknote that is determined to match the unique information recognized at the time of conveyance, and the conveyance control unit includes the comparison A banknote processing device that controls to transfer the deposited banknote determined to be different from the unique information recognized at the time of the first transport to the temporary storage unit. Provided.

Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, according to the other viewpoint of this invention, the banknote recognition part which recognizes the specific information of the money_receiving | payment opening | mouth, the money_receiving | payment banknote conveyed from the said money_receiving | payment opening | mouth, and the said money_receiving | payment banknote are accumulated. Controlling the conveyance of the deposited banknote so that the banknote storage unit and the deposited banknote conveyed from the deposit port to the banknote recognition unit are directly conveyed to the banknote storage unit, and detecting a return instruction of the deposited banknote The transfer control unit that controls the transfer of the deposited banknote so that the deposited banknote is transported from the banknote storage unit to the banknote recognition unit, and is recognized during the first transport from the deposit port to the banknote recognition unit. And a comparison unit that compares the unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance from the banknote storage unit to the banknote recognition unit, and the conveyance control unit uses the comparison unit to determine the second information. Specific information recognized when transporting The conveyance control further includes a general-purpose banknote storage unit that controls the conveyance to discharge the deposited banknote determined to match the unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance, and stores the banknote for replenishment or collection of the banknote. And a unit configured to convey, to the general-purpose bill storage unit, the deposited banknote determined by the comparison unit that the unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance is different from the unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance. And the comparison unit compares the unique information of the banknote stored in the banknote storage unit during the previous transaction with the unique information recognized during the second transport, and the transport control unit When the unique information recognized at the time of conveyance matches the unique information of the stored banknote, it is a deposited banknote transported to the banknote recognition unit before the banknote having the matched unique information, and the general-purpose banknote storage Banknote handling apparatus for controlling the conveyance to discharge the storage has been deposited paper currency into is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether or not the actual deposited banknote has been returned.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the structure of the banknote processing system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the banknote processing apparatus by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the banknote in which the discrimination result by a banknote recognition part was normal in payment transaction. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the banknote (reject banknote) in which the discrimination result by a banknote recognition part was abnormal in payment transaction. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route until the banknote drawn | fed out from the money_receiving | payment opening | mouth is directly integrated | stacked on a banknote cassette in a direct payment process. It is a flowchart which shows the return process by a 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the banknote by a 1st Example. It is a flowchart which shows the return process by a 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the serial number mismatching banknote by a 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the serial number mismatching banknote by a 2nd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the return process by a 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the serial number mismatching banknote by a 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the serial number mismatching banknote by a 3rd Example. It is a flowchart which shows the return process by a 4th Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the banknote by a 4th Example. It is a figure which shows the conveyance route of the banknote by a 4th Example.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

<1. Overview of banknote handling system>
First, with reference to FIG. 1, the outline | summary of the banknote processing system by one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a banknote processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote processing system includes a banknote processing apparatus 10, reception terminals 30 a and 30 b connected to the banknote processing apparatus 10, a dedicated network 32, and a financial institution host 35. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of reception terminals 30 are connected to the banknote processing apparatus 10, but the banknote processing system according to the present embodiment is not limited to this, and a single reception terminal 30 is connected to the banknote processing apparatus 10. May be. Each reception terminal 30 is connected to the financial institution host 35 via the dedicated network 32.

  The banknote handling apparatus 10 is a staff operation type terminal that executes money transactions based on operations by staff such as reception desk staff of financial institutions. The banknote handling apparatus 10 is installed at a financial institution or the like.

  Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 10 is provided with the deposit port 1 which inserts a banknote, the withdrawal port 2 which discharges | emits a banknote, the display part 17, and the operation part 19, as shown in FIG. The display unit 17 displays a menu screen and a processing result screen. The display unit 17 is realized by, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, or an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device. The operation unit 19 detects the operation of the staff. The operation unit 19 is realized by, for example, a button, a switch, a touch panel, or the like. In FIG. 1, the display function and the operation function are provided separately, but the bill processing apparatus 10 is not limited to this according to the present embodiment, and the display function and the operation function may be provided integrally. . Moreover, the banknote processing apparatus 10 may display the guidance screen which guides the operation of the staff in the display unit including the operation detection function.

  The deposit port 1 is a slot into which a staff member inserts banknotes. The deposit port 1 is provided with a shutter (not shown) that opens and closes the opening. Further, the deposit port 1 has a separation function of separating and feeding out banknotes inserted in a bundle one by one.

The withdrawal port 2 is a discharge port from which banknotes received by the staff are discharged. The withdrawal port 2 is provided with a shutter (not shown) that opens and closes the opening. Further, the withdrawal port 2 has a stacking function for stacking banknotes to be discharged.

  The reception terminal 30 is an information processing apparatus that performs reception work. The reception terminal 30 is connected to the banknote processing apparatus 10 by wire or wirelessly, and instructs the banknote processing apparatus 10 to execute a processing mode (payment / withdrawal transaction, withdrawal port collection, organization counting, etc.) selected by the staff. Send. As described above, the operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment can be performed from the information processing apparatus connected to the banknote handling apparatus 10 in addition to the operation unit 19 provided in the banknote handling apparatus 10.

  The dedicated network 32 is a network in a financial institution including a sales office where the reception terminal 30 is arranged or a plurality of sales offices, and is configured by, for example, an IP-VPN (Internet Protocol-Virtual Private Network). The financial institution host 35 can communicate with the plurality of reception terminals 30 via the dedicated network 32.

  The financial institution host 35 controls various transactions by communicating with the reception terminal 30 via the dedicated network 32 or with the banknote processing apparatus 10 via the reception terminal 30. For example, the financial institution host 35 authenticates a customer, or executes a money transaction (account transaction processing) such as deposit or transfer instructed by a staff member. The financial institution host 35 manages customer information (account ledger) such as account number, personal identification number, name, address, age, date of birth, telephone number, occupation, family structure, annual income, and deposit balance.

  One embodiment of the present invention relates to the banknote handling apparatus 10 included in the above-described banknote handling system, and in particular, relates to return control of deposited banknotes in the banknote handling apparatus 10. Hereinafter, after describing the configuration and basic operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10, the return control of deposited banknotes according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<2. Configuration and Basic Operation of Banknote Processing Device 10>
[2-1. Internal structure]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes a deposit port 1, a withdrawal port 2, a temporary storage unit 3, a banknote recognition unit 4, a transport unit 5, banknote cassettes 6 </ b> A to 6 </ b> D, and a banknote cassette 7 with a reject box. Have The banknote cassette 7 with a reject box has a banknote storage box 8 and a reject box 9.

  As described above, the deposit port 1 has a separation function of feeding out inserted banknotes one by one. Moreover, the withdrawal port 2 has a stacking function for stacking banknotes to be discharged as described above. It should be noted that the deposit port 1 and the withdrawal port 2 may be movable so that they can be tilted toward the transport path or tilted toward the take-out port by the staff.

  The temporary storage unit 3 has both functions of separating and accumulating banknotes. For example, the temporary holding unit 3 temporarily accumulates the banknotes separated from the deposit port 1 and identified as normal by the banknote recognition unit 4 during the deposit transaction. The banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3 are paid out when a transaction is established, for example, the account recording of the deposited banknotes is confirmed, and are conveyed to the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D through the banknote recognition unit 4. The temporary storage unit 3 may be an accumulation type that sequentially stacks and stacks banknotes, or may be a drum type that sequentially winds and stores banknotes.

  The banknote recognition part 4 performs the discrimination of the banknote which passes one by one. The traveling direction of the banknotes corresponds to both directions, and the banknote recognition unit 4 can discriminate between banknotes transported from the deposit port 1 direction and banknotes transported from the opposite direction. Specifically, the banknote recognition unit 4 discriminates the denomination, authenticity, correctness, running state, and the like of the banknotes conveyed through the conveyance path, and performs normal determination or rejection determination on the banknotes that pass. Do. Rejection determination is performed based on factors such as authenticity, correctness (dirt, damage, external shape abnormality, etc.) and running abnormality (skew bill, heavy running, etc.). The reject banknote may include a 2000 yen bill and a 5000 yen bill that cannot be handled as a withdrawal banknote, or may include a foreign banknote.

  The transport unit 5 includes transport paths that transport bills, transport rollers, and a drive mechanism that drives the transport paths. The drive mechanism drives the conveyance path by rotating, for example, a DC servo motor or a pulse motor. The conveyance part 5 is controlled by the control part (refer control part 11 of FIG. 3) mentioned later, and conveys a banknote to the target conveyance destination.

  The banknote cassettes 6 </ b> A to 6 </ b> D are banknote storage units that can store banknotes for each denomination, and have both functions of stacking and separating banknotes. The banknote cassettes 6A to 6D may include a plurality of banknote cassettes for the same denomination. For example, the bill cassettes 6A and 6C may be bill cassettes for 10,000 yen bills, and the bill cassettes 6B and 4D may be bill cassettes for thousand yen bills. Moreover, banknote cassette 6A-6D has a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 10, and it is also possible to load banknote cassette 6A-6D by replacing | exchanging separately. In addition, the banknote storage part by this embodiment is not limited to the cassette which can be attached or detached with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 10, Even if it is a stacker (banknote stackers AD) which cannot be attached or detached with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 10. Good.

  The banknote cassette 7 with a reject box (hereinafter also referred to as a banknote cassette 7) includes a banknote storage 8 on the upper side and a reject box 9 on the lower side (bottom). Moreover, the banknote cassette 7 becomes a structure which can be attached or detached with respect to the banknote processing apparatus 10, and collection | recovery and replenishment of a banknote are possible by exchanging separately.

  The banknote storage 8 has a stacking function for stacking banknotes and a separating function for feeding out banknotes one by one. Moreover, the banknote storage 8 can accumulate | store the banknote isolate | separated from each banknote cassette 6A-6D at the time of cassette count collection | recovery, and can collect | recover a banknote. Moreover, the banknote storage 8 can feed out the banknotes accommodated in the cassette count replenishment and replenish the banknote cassette 6 with the banknotes. Thus, the banknote storage 8 is a general-purpose banknote storage unit that can be used for a plurality of purposes.

  The reject box 9 has only a stacking function for stacking banknotes. The reject store 9 is a banknote storage unit for stacking banknotes (reject banknotes) that have been identified as abnormal (rejection determination) by the banknote recognition unit 4.

  Heretofore, the internal structure of the banknote handling apparatus 10 included in the banknote handling system according to the present embodiment has been described in detail. Subsequently, the functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment will be described.

[2-2. Functional configuration]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote handling apparatus 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a display unit 17, and an operation unit 19. Hereinafter, although each structure is demonstrated, since the display part 17 and the operation part 19 were mentioned above with reference to FIG. 1, description here is abbreviate | omitted.

  The control unit 11 controls the overall operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10. Specifically, the control unit 11 controls basic operations such as depositing, withdrawing, collecting, and organizing counting. For details of each basic operation, the following [2-3. Basic operation] will be described. Moreover, the control part 11 controls the banknote processing apparatus 10 whole so that the basic operation instruct | indicated to the staff from the operation part 19 or the basic operation instruct | indicated to the staff from the reception terminal 30 may be performed.

Further, the control unit 11 according to the present embodiment functions as the transport control unit 13 and the comparison unit 15. The transport control unit 13 controls the transport unit 5 to control the transport of banknotes in basic operations such as depositing, dispensing, collecting, and organizing counting. Moreover, the conveyance control part 13 may control conveyance of a banknote according to the recognition result by the banknote recognition part 4, and may control return of a deposit banknote further according to the comparison result by the comparison part 15. The comparison unit 15 compares the serial number of the banknote to be returned with the serial number of the deposited banknote. The return control of the deposited banknotes by the transport control unit 13 and the comparison unit 15 will be described later in <3. This will be described in detail in “Return control of deposited banknote>.

  The storage unit 12 stores the serial number of the deposited banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4. Further, when the comparison unit 15 determines that the serial number of the banknote to be returned is different from the serial number of the deposited banknote, a serial number error is stored.

The functional configuration of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above. The functions of the control unit 11 (the conveyance control unit 13 and the comparison unit 15) and the storage unit 12 described above are performed by a CPU (Central
It may be realized by a hardware configuration including a processing unit (ROM), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like. The CPU has a calculation function and a control function, and controls the overall operation of the banknote handling apparatus 10 according to various programs. The ROM stores programs used by the CPU, calculation parameters, and the like. The RAM temporarily stores programs used in the execution of the CPU, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like.

[2-3. basic action]
(Deposit Transaction)
The deposit transaction will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a banknote transport route in which a discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is normal in a deposit transaction. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a transfer route of banknotes (reject banknotes) in which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal in the deposit transaction.

  In the deposit transaction, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the deposit port 1, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with the normal discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 is integrated | stacked on the temporary storage part 3 from the banknote recognition part 4 through the normal route shown by the arrow of FIG. On the other hand, the banknote (reject banknote) in which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal is accumulated in the withdrawal port 2 through the route indicated by the arrow in FIG. The banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal port 2 can be re-differentiated by being again inserted into the deposit port 1 by the staff. Thereafter, when the deposit amount is confirmed, the process proceeds to the accumulation process.

  In the stacking process, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the temporary storage unit 3, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 was normal is integrated | stacked on banknote cassette 6A-6D corresponding to a money type. On the other hand, the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 was abnormal, such as running abnormal banknotes such as 10,000 yen bills and thousand yen bills, broken bills, 2000 yen bills, 5000 yen bills, skew bills, etc. Banknotes (reject banknotes) are accumulated in the reject store 9.

  On the other hand, if the return (cancellation) of the deposited banknote is instructed before the deposit amount is fixed, the process proceeds to the return process. In the return process, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the temporary holding unit 3, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. Then, regardless of whether the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is normal or abnormal, all banknotes are accumulated in the withdrawal port 2.

(Withdrawal transaction)
In the withdrawal transaction, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the banknote cassettes 6 </ b> A to 6 </ b> D according to the designated amount, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4.

  And the banknote with the normal discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 is accumulate | stored in the withdrawal port 2. FIG. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal, that is, banknotes that cannot be paid to the customer, are accumulated in the reject box 9.

(Replenishment operation)
The replenishment operation is a basic operation for replenishing the banknote handling apparatus 10 with banknotes. In the banknote processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, as a specific replenishment method, it is possible to perform replenishment of inlets, replenishment of cassettes and replenishment of cassette counts. Hereinafter, each replenishment method will be described sequentially.

-Input port replenishment Input port replenishment is the same as the operation in the above-described deposit transaction and accumulation processing. For example, banknotes accumulated from the deposit port 1 (input port) are separated one by one, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote in which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 was normal is evacuated by the temporary storage part 3, and is integrated | stacked on banknote cassette 6A-6D corresponding to a money type. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal are accumulated in the withdrawal port 2.

・ Cassette replacement replenishment In cassette replacement replenishment, the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D can be attached and detached, and the banknote cassette loaded with banknotes in advance is replaced with one of the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D. To do. In cassette replacement replenishment, the operator must manually register the denomination and number of replenished banknotes.

-Cassette count replenishment In cassette count replenishment, a bill is previously loaded into the bill storage 8 of the bill cassette 7 and set in the bill processing apparatus 10. The banknotes are then fed out from the banknote storage 8 one by one, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 was normal is integrated | stacked on banknote cassette 6A-6D corresponding to a money type. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal are accumulated in the reject box 9. Thus, in the cassette count replenishment, the bill recognition unit 4 performs the counting process, so that it is not necessary for the operator to manually register the denomination and the number of the replenished bills.

(Recovery operation)
The collection operation is a basic operation for collecting banknotes in the banknote processing apparatus 10. In the banknote processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, withdrawal port collection, cassette exchange collection, and cassette count collection are possible as specific collection methods. Hereinafter, each collection method will be described sequentially.

-Withdrawal port collection Withdrawal port collection is the same as the operation in the above-mentioned withdrawal transaction. For example, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the banknote cassette 6 to be collected, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with the normal discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 is accumulate | stored in the withdrawal port 2. FIG. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal are accumulated in the reject box 9. Such processing is performed on all banknotes accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 to be recovered, and the operator can recover the banknotes determined to be normal from the withdrawal port 2. Moreover, the banknote determined to be abnormal from the reject box 9 can be collected.

-Cassette exchange recovery In the cassette exchange recovery, the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D are detachable, and the predetermined banknote cassette 6 on which banknotes are accumulated is removed from the banknote processing apparatus 10 to perform a recovery operation. . In addition, in cassette exchange collection | recovery, it is necessary for an operator to extract a banknote from the removed banknote cassette 6, and to manually count the money type and number of collect | recovered banknotes.

Cassette Count Collection In cassette count replenishment, banknotes are first fed out one by one from the banknote cassette 6 to be collected, and the fed banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with the normal discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 is integrated | stacked on the banknote storage 8 of the banknote cassette 7. FIG. On the other hand, banknotes for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal are accumulated in the reject box 9 of the banknote cassette 7.

  After such processing is performed for all banknotes accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 to be collected, the operator removes only the banknote cassette 7 from the banknote processing apparatus 10, thereby determining normally-determined banknotes and abnormality determination. The collected banknotes can be collected. Further, in the cassette counting and collecting, since the counting process is executed by the bill recognition unit 4, it is not necessary for the operator to manually count the denomination and the number of the collected bills.

[2-4. Direct deposit]
The basic operation in the banknote handling apparatus 10 has been described above. Here, in the deposit transaction, after the deposited banknote is evacuated to the temporary storage unit 3, the deposited banknote is not evacuated to the temporary storage unit 3 in addition to the normal deposit processing accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 from the temporary storage unit 3. Thus, a direct depositing process that directly accumulates in the banknote cassette 6 is also possible. Hereinafter, the direct deposit process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a transport route until the banknotes fed one by one from the deposit port 1 are accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 in the direct deposit process.

  In the direct deposit process, first, banknotes are separated one by one from the deposit slot 1, and the separated banknotes are conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. And the banknote with which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition part 4 was normal is integrated | stacked on the banknote cassette 6A-6D corresponding to a money type from the banknote recognition part 4 through the normal route shown by the arrow of FIG. On the other hand, banknotes (reject banknotes) for which the discrimination result by the banknote recognition unit 4 is abnormal are accumulated in the withdrawal port 2. The banknotes accumulated in the withdrawal port 2 can be re-differentiated by being again inserted into the deposit port 1 by the staff.

  In this way, in the direct deposit process, the banknotes are directly accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 without being retracted to the temporary storage unit 3, so that the deposit process time can be shortened compared to the normal deposit process. Further, in the direct depositing process, it is not necessary to retract the banknotes to the temporary storage unit 3, so that travel can be reduced, thereby reducing the probability of jam occurrence. Further, according to the direct depositing process, it is possible to realize a deposit transaction even when the temporary holding unit 3 cannot be used due to a failure or the like, or even in a structure without the temporary holding unit 3.

  However, in the case of direct deposit, it has been difficult to confirm whether or not the actual banknotes deposited by the customer have been reliably returned in the return process. In the normal deposit process described above, the deposited banknotes are evacuated to the temporary storage unit 3, so that all the banknotes accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3 in the deposited banknote return process are returned to the customer, thereby reliably returning the actual product. I was able to. On the other hand, in the direct deposit process, the deposited banknote is directly stored in the banknote cassette, so that it is mixed with banknotes handled in other transactions. Therefore, even if the return process which returns a banknote from a banknote cassette is performed, there was no method of confirming whether the actual thing of the banknote which the customer deposited was able to be returned reliably.

  Then, it came to create the banknote processing apparatus 10 by one Embodiment of this invention focusing on the said situation. The banknote processing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention identifies individual banknotes by comparing serial numbers during return processing in direct depositing, and confirms whether or not the actual banknotes deposited by the customer have been returned. It is possible. Hereinafter, the return control of the deposited banknote according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, the serial number used by this embodiment is an example of the specific information recognized from a banknote in order to identify each banknote.

<3. Deposit banknote return control>
In the deposit banknote return control according to the present embodiment, first, the banknote recognition unit 4 recognizes the serial number of the deposited banknote during the first conveyance (at the time of direct deposit processing), and stores it in the storage unit 12. And the serial number recognized at the time of the said 1st conveyance is compared with the serial number of the banknote to return at the time of the 2nd conveyance (return processing of a deposited banknote). Thereby, in this embodiment, it can be confirmed whether the actual thing of the deposit banknote was returned reliably. Hereinafter, the returned banknote return control will be described in detail with reference to a plurality of examples.

[3-1. First Example]
Returning directly deposited banknotes according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing return processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the actual banknote of the deposited banknote and the conveyance path of the error banknote according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 7, first, in step S103, when the staff issues an instruction to return the deposited banknote, in step S106, the transport control unit 13 determines a predetermined amount according to the denomination and number of the deposited banknote. The banknotes are separated from the banknote cassette 6 one by one, and the conveyance is controlled so as to send the separated banknotes to the banknote recognition unit 4. The banknote recognition unit 4 recognizes the banknote denomination, banknote state, and serial number.

  Next, in step S109, the comparison unit 15 recognizes the serial number of the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4 (unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance) and direct payment and stores it in the storage unit 12 in advance. The serial numbers (unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance) are compared. As a result of the comparison by the comparison unit 15, when the serial number of the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4 (the banknote to be returned) does not match the serial number of the deposited banknote, the control unit 11 determines that the banknote to be returned is that of the deposited banknote. It can be judged that it is not the actual product. On the other hand, when the serial number of the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4 (the banknote to be returned) matches the serial number of the deposited banknote, the control unit 11 can determine that the banknote to be returned is the actual deposited banknote. .

  When the banknote to be returned is not the actual deposit banknote, in step S115, the control unit 11 performs a process of recording a serial number error (for example, stored in the storage unit 12). Moreover, the control part 11 may notify a serial number error to the display part 17 of the banknote processing apparatus 10, or the reception terminal 30 to connect. Next, in step S118, the conveyance control unit 13 conveys the banknote to be returned from the banknote recognition unit 4 to the withdrawal port 2 and discharges the banknote 5 from the withdrawal port 2 (stacks in the withdrawal port 2). Control.

  On the other hand, when the banknote scheduled to be returned is the actual deposit banknote, in step S118, the transport control unit 13 transports the banknote to be returned from the banknote recognition unit 4 to the withdrawal port 2 and discharges it from the withdrawal port 2 ( The conveyance unit 5 is controlled so as to be accumulated in the withdrawal port 2.

  As described above, in the deposit banknote return processing according to the first embodiment, banknotes that are determined not to be the actual deposit banknotes of the customer (with different serial numbers) are returned to the customer after storing the serial number error. To do. Therefore, in the first embodiment, in addition to banknotes that match the actual deposit banknotes, even banknotes that do not match (banks that do not match the serial number) are conveyed to the withdrawal port 2 as shown by the arrows in FIG. Return to customer. However, in this embodiment, by leaving the serial number error information in the storage unit 12, the staff can confirm whether or not the actual banknotes deposited by the customer have been returned.

[3-2. Second embodiment]
Next, return of the directly deposited banknote according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing return processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrams showing a transfer route for serial number mismatched banknotes according to the second embodiment.

  In the first embodiment described above, banknotes whose serial numbers do not match, that is, banknotes that are not the actual deposited banknotes are also returned to the customer. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the banknote with mismatched serial number is returned to the banknote cassette 6 and the return process is performed again, so that the actual deposited banknote is returned as reliably as possible.

  Steps S103 to S112 shown in FIG. 9 are the same as the processing of the same steps described with reference to FIG.

  In step S121 shown in FIG. 9, as a result of the comparison by the comparison unit 15 shown in step S112, the conveyance control unit 13 indicates the banknote (serial number mismatch banknote) determined to be inconsistent as shown by the arrow in FIG. Then, it is conveyed to the temporary holding unit 3. Moreover, the conveyance control part 13 conveys the banknote (serial number non-recognized banknote) in which the banknote recognition part 4 was not able to recognize a serial number by the driving | running | working abnormality etc. to the temporary storage part 3. FIG.

  Next, in step S <b> 124, the banknotes to be returned are fed out from the respective banknote cassettes 6 </ b> A to 6 </ b> D and the serial numbers are compared by the comparison unit 15, and then the transport control unit 13 is stacked on the temporary storage unit 3. Is controlled to return to the bill cassettes 6A to 6D. Specifically, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 11, the transport control unit 13 converts the banknotes (serial number mismatch / non-recognized banknotes) accumulated in the temporary storage unit 3 into denominations via the banknote recognition unit 4. It returns to each corresponding banknote cassette 6A-6D.

  Next, in step S127, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the number of retries has reached a predetermined retry upper limit number (for example, 3 times). If the upper limit number of retries has not been reached, the control unit 11 increments the number of retries in step S130.

  And the control part 11 repeats the process (comparison process in 2nd conveyance) of step S106-S124 (retry operation | movement). In the retry operation, the conveyance control unit 13 may control the conveyance so that the banknotes are fed out from the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D at a low speed and the banknote recognition unit 4 is also passed at a low speed. Thereby, the precision of the recognition of the banknote by the banknote recognition part 4 improves.

  Next, when it is determined in step S127 that the number of retries has reached the predetermined retry upper limit number (retry over), the control unit 11 stores information on the retry over error in the storage unit 12 in step S133. To do.

  Next, in step S136, the transport control unit 13 feeds (separates) the unreturned banknotes from the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D, and transports them to the withdrawal port 2 in step S118. In this case, the serial number recognition by the banknote recognition unit 4 and the serial number comparison by the comparison unit 15 are not performed.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the banknote that has a serial number error due to serial number mismatch / non-recognition or the like is returned to the banknote cassette 6 and determined again by a retry operation. The return rate of banknotes (the actual deposit banknotes) can be improved.

[3-3. Third Example]
Next, the return of the directly deposited banknote according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing return processing according to the third embodiment. FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are diagrams showing a transfer route of serial number mismatched banknotes according to the third embodiment.

  In the second embodiment described above, the retry operation is performed by retracting the banknote in which the serial number error has occurred due to serial number mismatch / non-recognition or the like to the temporary storage unit 3. However, in the case where the temporary holding unit 3 cannot be used due to a failure or the like, or in the structure without the temporary holding unit 3, the retry operation for returning the deposited banknote according to the second embodiment cannot be performed, and the actual return rate of the deposited banknote is low. It will go down. Therefore, in the third embodiment, a retry operation is performed using the banknote storage 8 (for example, a replenishment / collection cassette) instead of the temporary storage unit 3.

  Steps S103 to S112 shown in FIG. 12 are the same as the processing of the same steps described with reference to FIG.

  In step S122 shown in FIG. 12, as a result of the comparison by the comparison unit 15 shown in step S112, the conveyance control unit 13 indicates the banknote (serial number mismatched banknote) determined to be inconsistent as shown by the arrow in FIG. Then, it is conveyed to the banknote storage 8. Moreover, the conveyance control part 13 also conveys the banknote (serial number non-recognized banknote) in which the banknote recognition part 4 was not able to recognize a serial number by driving | running | working abnormality etc. to the banknote storage 8.

  Next, in step S123, the banknotes stacked in the banknote storage 8 are collected after paying out the banknotes to be returned from the banknote cassettes 6A to 6D and comparing the serial numbers by the comparison unit 15. Is controlled to return to the bill cassettes 6A to 6D. Specifically, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 14, the transport control unit 13 converts the banknotes (serial number mismatch / non-recognized banknotes) accumulated in the banknote storage 8 into denominations via the banknote recognition unit 4. It returns to each corresponding banknote cassette 6A-6D.

  Subsequent steps S127 to S136 and S118 are the same as the processing of the same steps described with reference to FIG.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, a banknote that has a serial number error due to serial number mismatch / non-recognition or the like is retracted to the banknote storage 8 and then returned to the banknote cassette 6 to perform a retry operation. I do. Accordingly, even when the temporary holding unit 3 cannot be used due to a failure or the like, or even in a structure without the temporary holding unit 3, a return retry operation for the deposited banknote can be performed, and the actual return rate of the deposited banknote can be improved.

[3-4. Fourth Example]
Next, return of the directly deposited banknote according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 17. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing return processing according to the fourth embodiment. FIGS. 16 and 17 are diagrams showing a banknote transport route according to the fourth embodiment.

  In the second and third embodiments described above, a retry operation is performed after returning a banknote that has a serial number error due to serial number mismatch / non-recognition to each banknote cassette 6. However, when the serial number of the deposited banknote is not recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4 due to a running abnormality such as heavy running, a wasteful retry operation is performed, resulting in an increase in operating time loss. It was. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, in addition to the comparison of serial numbers according to the first embodiment, the serial numbers recognized at the time of the second transport (return processing) are compared with the serial numbers in the previous transaction. Then, it is determined whether or not it is the actual banknote deposited this time. The fourth embodiment will be specifically described below.

First, direct depositing in the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 16, banknotes P ₄ , P ₃ , P ₂ , and P ₁ are sequentially separated one by one from the deposit slot 1, and each banknote is conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4. . The banknote recognition unit 4 recognizes the serial number of each banknote conveyed, and the recognized serial number is stored in the storage unit 12. In addition, the memory | storage part 12 by a present Example also memorize | stores the serial number of the banknote integrated | stacked on the banknote cassette 6 at the time of the last transaction.

Each banknote is sequentially conveyed from the banknote recognition unit 4 to the banknote cassette 6 and is accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 in the order of banknotes P ₄ , P ₃ , P ₂ , and P ₁ as shown in FIG. Therefore, when returning a deposited banknote, it is desirable to return banknotes P ₄ , P ₃ , P ₂ , and P ₁ that are actual deposited banknotes.

  Next, the return process of the deposited banknote will be described with reference to FIG. In step S103 of FIG. 15, when the staff issues an instruction to return the deposited banknote, in step S106, the transport control unit 13 determines the banknote from the predetermined banknote cassette 6 according to the denomination and number of the deposited banknote. Are controlled one by one, and the conveyance is controlled so that the separated banknotes are sent to the banknote recognition unit 4. The banknote recognition unit 4 recognizes the banknote denomination, banknote state, and serial number.

  Next, in step S109, the comparison unit 15 compares the serial number of the banknote recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4 (unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance) with the serial number stored in the storage unit 12 in advance. To do. Note that the serial number stored in the storage unit 12 in advance is the serial number recognized in the current deposit transaction (unique information recognized during the first transport) and the banknotes accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 in the previous transaction. The serial number (unique information recognized at the time of the previous conveyance) is included.

Next, when it is determined by the comparison unit 15 that the serial number of the banknote transported to the banknote recognition unit 4 matches the serial number of the deposited banknote in the current transaction in step S140, the transport control unit 13 in step S118. Transports banknotes from the banknote recognition unit 4 to the withdrawal port 2. For example, as shown below in Figure 16, the serial number is the banknote P _1, when it is determined that matches the serial number of deposited banknotes, banknotes P ₁ is integrated to the dispensing port 2.

Here, banknotes P ₂ and P ₃ shown at the bottom of FIG. 16 run heavy during return conveyance, and the serial number is not recognized by the banknote recognition unit 4, and the banknote P ₄ is also caused by skew running or for some reason. Assume that the serial number is not recognized during return transportation. For when this way return transport (in the example shown in FIG. 16, the banknote _{P 2,} P 3, _{P 4)} bills into the bill recognition unit 4 can not be recognized the serial number (second conveying time) of the step S140 In S143, it is determined that the serial numbers do not match. In Step S146, the serial numbers are conveyed to the temporary storage unit 3 as shown in FIG.

Further, in step S140, the serial number of the banknote conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4 is different from the serial number of the deposited banknote in the current transaction. When it determines, in step S149, the conveyance control part 13 conveys the said banknote from the banknote recognition part 4 to the temporary storage part 3. FIG.

For example, the bill P ₅ which is integrated in the banknote cassette 6 shown in FIG. 16 is a bill which is integrated in the banknote cassette 6 at the previous transaction. Here, the conveyance control unit 13, return number of sheets from the banknote cassette 6 where separating banknotes (in four in the example shown in FIGS. 16 and 17), the banknote P ₂ and P ₃ are combined by Omohashi "2 th "and are counted, the bill P ₄ is counted as" third piece ". Therefore, the conveyance control unit 13, the "4 th", the banknote P ₅ is separated from the banknote cassette 6, as shown above in FIG. 17, be conveyed to the banknote recognition unit 4.

Banknote P ₅ is because it is a bill which is integrated in the banknote cassette 6 during a previous transaction, at step S143, it is determined by the comparison section 15 "match the serial number in the previous transaction." In a present Example, the banknote conveyed before the banknote handled in the last transaction is defined as the actual thing of the banknote received | paid by this transaction.

Therefore, in step S149, after back the paper money _{P 5} to the temporary holding section 3, in step S152, back to the bill cassette 6 separates the banknotes _{P 5} from the temporary holding section 3, also before the banknote _{P 5} The banknotes stored in the temporary storage unit 3 are separated and conveyed to the withdrawal port 2.

As shown in the lower part of FIG. 17, in the temporary storage unit 3, the banknotes are accumulated from the top in the order of the banknotes P ₅ , P ₄ , P ₃ , and P ₂ , so the transport control unit 13 transfers the banknotes P ₅ to the banknotes. Returning to the cassette 6, P ₄ , P ₃ , and P ₂ stored in the temporary storage unit 3 before the banknote P ₅ are conveyed to the withdrawal port 2.

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, in addition to the serial number at the time of deposit transaction, the serial number of the banknote accumulated in the banknote cassette 6 at the previous transaction is stored, and the banknote recognition unit 4 at the time of return conveyance. Compare these serial numbers with the serial numbers recognized by. And in a present Example, at the time of return conveyance, the actual thing of the bill of the last transaction is identified, the bill which was conveyed before the bill of the last transaction, and was evacuated to the temporary storage part 3 by serial number non-recognition, It is determined that the bill has been deposited this time, and is conveyed to the withdrawal port 2. Thereby, in a present Example, useless retry operation | movement can be reduced and the return rate of the actual thing of a deposited banknote can be improved.

<4. Summary>
As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, whether or not the banknotes deposited by the customer are returned by identifying individual banknotes by comparing serial numbers during the return process in direct depositing. It is possible to confirm.

  Specifically, according to the first embodiment, the customer can leave the serial number error information indicating that the serial number of the banknote to be returned is different from the serial number recognized at the time of deposit transaction in the storage unit 12. The staff can confirm whether or not the actual bills received have been returned.

  Moreover, according to the 2nd Example, the return rate of the actual thing of a deposited banknote can be improved by returning the banknote which became a serial number error to the banknote cassette 6, and determining again by retry operation.

  Further, according to the third embodiment, by retracting the banknote in which the serial number error has occurred in the banknote storage 8 instead of the temporary storage section 3, even if the temporary storage section 3 cannot be used, A return retry operation can be performed, and the actual return rate of the deposited banknote can be improved.

  In addition, according to the fourth embodiment, by storing the serial number of the banknote traded last time, the banknote transported before the banknote at the time of the previous transaction at the time of return transport is the actual banknote deposited this time. It can be judged that there is. Thereby, useless retry operation | movement can be reduced and the return rate of the actual thing of a deposited banknote can be improved.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, it is possible to create a computer program for causing hardware such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM incorporated in the banknote processing apparatus 10 to perform the same function as the control unit 11 of the banknote processing apparatus 10 described above. A storage medium storing the computer program is also provided.

  Moreover, although embodiment mentioned above applied and applied the banknote processing apparatus 10 by this embodiment to a staff operation type | mold terminal, the banknote processing apparatus 10 by this embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the present invention may be applied to a cash processing unit of an automatic transaction apparatus represented by an ATM of a customer operation type terminal that recycles (recycles) banknotes. Automatic transaction apparatuses are installed in various places such as banks, station premises, and convenience stores. The customer can perform transactions such as deposit, withdrawal and balance inquiry by performing various operations on the display screen displayed on the automatic transaction apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Deposit port 2 Withdrawal port 3 Temporary holding | maintenance part 4 Banknote recognition part 5 Transport part 6, 6A-6D Banknote cassette 7 Banknote cassette with reject storage 8 Banknote storage 9 Reject storage 10 Banknote processing apparatus 11 Control section 12 Storage section 13 Transport control unit 15 comparing unit 17 display unit 19 operating unit 30, 30a, 30b reception terminal 32 private network 35 financial institution host P ₁ to P ₅ banknotes

Claims (2)

The deposit gate,
A bill recognizing unit for recognizing unique information of a deposited bill conveyed from the deposit port;
A banknote storage unit for collecting the deposited banknotes;
When the receipt of the deposit bill is detected by controlling the conveyance of the deposit bill so that the deposit bill conveyed from the deposit port to the bill recognition unit is directly conveyed to the bill storage unit, the bill storage unit A conveyance control unit that controls conveyance of the deposited banknote so that the deposited banknote is conveyed from the banknote recognition unit to
A comparison unit that compares the unique information recognized during the first conveyance from the deposit port to the bill recognition unit and the unique information recognized during the second conveyance from the bill storage unit to the bill recognition unit;
Equipped with a,
The conveyance control unit performs conveyance control so as to discharge the deposit banknote determined by the comparison unit to be unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance and the unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance. ,
A temporary holding part for temporarily storing the deposited banknote;
The conveyance control unit conveys the deposited banknote, which is determined by the comparison unit to be unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance, and different from unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance, to the temporary holding unit. A banknote processing apparatus that controls to perform .   The deposit gate,
  A bill recognizing unit for recognizing unique information of a deposited bill conveyed from the deposit port;
  A banknote storage unit for collecting the deposited banknotes;
  When the receipt of the deposit bill is detected by controlling the conveyance of the deposit bill so that the deposit bill conveyed from the deposit port to the bill recognition unit is directly conveyed to the bill storage unit, the bill storage unit A conveyance control unit that controls conveyance of the deposited banknote so that the deposited banknote is conveyed from the banknote recognition unit to
  A comparison unit that compares the unique information recognized during the first conveyance from the deposit port to the bill recognition unit and the unique information recognized during the second conveyance from the bill storage unit to the bill recognition unit;
With
  The conveyance control unit performs conveyance control so as to discharge the deposit banknote determined by the comparison unit to be unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance and the unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance. ,
  It further comprises a general-purpose banknote storage for storing banknotes for replenishment or collection of banknotes,
  The conveyance control unit causes the general-purpose banknote storage unit to store the deposited banknote, which is determined by the comparison unit as being unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance and different from unique information recognized at the time of the first conveyance. Control to transport,
  The comparison unit compares the unique information of the banknote stored in the banknote storage unit at the time of the previous transaction with the unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance,
  When the unique information recognized at the time of the second conveyance coincides with the unique information of the stored banknote, the conveyance control unit receives the deposit conveyed to the banknote recognition unit before the banknote having the matched unique information. The banknote processing apparatus which controls conveyance so that it may be a banknote and the deposit banknote accommodated in the said general purpose banknote accommodating part is discharged | emitted.

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